Hyderabad, Sept. 16 -- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh arrived in Hyderabad on Tuesday to attend 'Hyderabad Liberation Day' celebrations to be organised by the Union government at Parade Grounds on September 17. He will be the Chief Guest at the event.

Earlier, in August this year, in the 125th edition of his monthly radio programme 'Mann ki Baat', Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that on September 17, Hyderabad Liberation Day will be observed. It is to remember the courage of all those heroes who took part in 'Operation Polo'.

Operation Polo was a military operation in 1948 to annexe the princely state of Hyderabad, led by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, to integrate it into the Indian Union after the Nizam's resistance to joining India...